The Ace of Cads is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Luther Reed and starred Adolphe Menjou and Alice Joyce.[2] The film is an adaptation of a Michael Arlen story of the same name.[1][3]
| The Ace of Cads | |
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| Directed by | Luther Reed |
| Written by | Forrest Halsey |
| Based on | "The Ace of Cads" by Michael Arlen |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky William Le Baron |
| Starring | Adolphe Menjou Alice Joyce |
| Cinematography | J. Roy Hunt |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Cast
edit- Adolphe Menjou as Chappel Maturin
- Alice Joyce as Eleanour
- Norman Trevor as Sir Guy de Gramercy
- Philip Strange as Basil de Gramercy
- Suzanne Fleming as Joan
Preservation
editWith no prints of The Ace of Cads located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "The Ace of Cads". Variety. October 20, 1926. Archived from the original on March 29, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ White Munden, Kenneth, ed. (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. University of California Press. p. 3. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
- ^ Sargent, Epes W. (October 30, 1926). ""The Ace of Cads"". Moving Picture World. Archived from the original on March 29, 2022. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Ace of Cads Retrieved October 10, 2014
- ^ The Ace of Cads at the Unsung Divas website
External links
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